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The strategic relationship between interactive services provider Gemstar-TV Guide and Thomson Multimedia began way back in 1996, but their partnership is getting a facelift, so to speak. The two companies today reiterated a common strategy to deploy Gemstar's Interactive Program Guide (IPG) in Thomson television and access devices, and mapped out a future timeline to broaden other areas of the ...

Although the IP cable telephony sector has yet to muster more than a few field trials, the deployment of traditional circuit-switched voice services over cable networks exceeded expectations in 2001 and is expected to continue that momentum through the end of this year, predicts a new study from Allied Business Intelligence.

Get more bang for your buck. EchoStar Communications Corp. is beefing up the capabilities of its DishPVR 501 satellite TV receiver to include caller ID and a search function. The search function enables subscribers to search by keyword to locate a program. The search can be based on an event's title, an actor's name or a specific word in the title.

Copyright 2002 The Deal L.L.C. The Daily Deal…05/16/2002 From LexisNexis Though Theodore Forstmann and Carl Icahn have made initial plays for control of beleaguered XO Communications Inc., the company's senior bankers could end up playing a significant role in the company's reorganization. In its quarterly report filed earlier this week, the Reston, Va.

The voice-over-DSL equipment market is expected to generate $646 million in revenue by 2004, according to RHK Consulting. And, Paradyne Networks is looking to snatch up a big piece of that pie with the acquisition of Jetstream's assets and intellectual property. On Friday, April 12, Jetstream ceased operations, saying the financial climate in the telecommunications industry forced the shutdown.

The hits keep coming at Adelphia Communications Corp. The day after founder, chairman and CEO John Rigas resigned, his son, Timothy, stepped down as executive vice president and chief financial office, chief accounting office and treasurer. Adelphia added that a special committee of the board consisting of three independent directors will conduct an investigation of accounting issues surroundin...

High Speed Access Corp. said Nasdaq notified the company that it intends to delist HSA's common stock on May 21. HSA, which is appealing the decision, said it received notice on Monday, May 13. In the notice, Nasdaq said HSA has not owned or managed any revenue-generating business since Feb. 28, when HSA closed the sale of substantially of its assets to Charter Communications for about $81.

For sale … an extensive, yet only partially completed rich fiber network in the city of Sacramento. Buyer beware, though, as city residents have expressed a certain level of disdain for former owner. The bankruptcy saga of competitive overbuilder WINfirst continues, and potential buyers for the WIN fiber network are going public.

Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy proceeding McLeodUSA Inc. continues to eye profitability. To get one step closer to its goal, the CLEC is selling some non-core assets to PrairieWave Communications Inc. The $88 million deal calls for McLeodUSA to sell its non-core ILEC operations in South Dakota, certain overbuild CLEC and cable television operations in South Dakota, southwester...

The DSL vs. cable modem race is in full swing, but reported numbers for new DSL subscriber adds from the major U.S. providers reflects slower growth as compared to the first quarter of last year. Verizon Communications recently reported that its sub numbers were up to 1.35 million, and that 55 percent of their 61.

Alcatel continues to push forward in the DSL equipment market, the telco gear maker has shipped 740,000 remote combo ports on its Litespan next-generation digital loop carrier platform in the North American market. Each remote port provides integrated DSL and voice service. The ports enable carriers to turn-up DSL service for customers without a truck roll, Alcatel says.

For the vast number of small-scale operators out there, the road to digital is too cost-prohibitive. Many of these operators are channel-locked, and to add digital means shelling out shrinking capital for costly headend upgrades. But a new programming delivery and back office support system just announced from WSNet aims to help this cost-constrained set of operators get there without going ban...

For sale … an extensive, yet only partially completed rich fiber network in the city of Sacramento. Buyer beware, though, as city residents have expressed a certain level of disdain for former owner. The bankruptcy saga of competitive overbuilder WINfirst continues, and potential buyers for the WIN fiber network are going public.

Troubled MSO Adelphia Communications said Wednesday that cable veteran John Rigas has resigned as chairman and CEO of the company, and will be succeeded by independent director Erland Kailbourne. Kailbourne, the former chairman and CEO of Fleet National Bank's New York region, was an independent director of Adelphia since 1999, and presently is chairman of the MSO board's audit committee.